America! Where is your outrage? Because …
Atlas can't keep shrugging off this guy Trump Three things you might not know – and one you do Rex Tillerson, US Secretary of State, said his favorite book is Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Read more...
President Donald Trump will quit …
because the kid in him is overwhelmed, scared to death and cannot survive knowing he will be seen as a "loser" (Donald Trump photo courtesy New York Times) Four must read articles Here are Read more...
Thank you Bill O’Reilly – sort of, kind of …
at least you've reminded us of our Darwinian downside Three things you might not know Genetically, we humans are only 1.2% different than chimpanzees.[1] Research finds that male chimpanzees that wage a campaign of Read more...
Great leaders understand three things: Memes, genes and tribalism …
... which explains why we have so few great leaders Three things you might not know In order to understand why a tribe of homo sapiens, often called a company or the electorate, behaves Read more...
The foxes will never fix the hen house of democracy …
and the hens will never stop being a bunch of chickens Three things you might not know Why did the turkey cross the road? To prove he wasn't a chicken. But being a bunch Read more...
The hypocrisy of democracy is the elephant in the room
and its demise is accelerating in the absence of integrity, principles, patriotic guts and genetic mutation Three things you might not know The Economist Intelligence Unit's "Democracy Index 2016," ranks the USA 21st among Read more...
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
I believe Francis Bacon’s three principles are the foundation of good writing. By “conference,” he means conversation and that is what the vast majority of people do the most; it’s unique to humans. But where we truly find discovery and advancement is by expanding beyond our ability to converse and developing the other two capabilities we possess: reading and writing. Amassing knowledge and having the ability to articulate it in a permanent form – for millions across history – is a wondrous gift that we humans can give to others with whom we share the planet.